Research conducted in recent years has increased public health concern about the toxicity
of lead at low dose and has supported a reappraisal of the levels of lead exposure that may …

… Address reprint requests to RP Wedeen, VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ 07019. …
Wedeen, RP Heavy metals and the kidney. In: Oxford Textbook ofClinical Nephrology(JD Cameron…

Hypertension of unknown cause is generally termed "essential." Because hypertension has
long been considered a possible complication of lead poisoning and the EDTA lead-…

France) were used. The animals were acclimated for at least 4 days before the experiments
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Wedeen RP: Concentrative transport in human renal biopsy specimens. …

UNTIL recently, renal disease was considered a major cause of death among patients with
gout. Modern long-term follow-up studies of renal function, however, have indicated that …

Among eight subjects suspected of excessive occupational exposure to lead, detailed
examination of renal function identified abnormalities in four. Glomerular filtration rate was less …

The intrarenal distribution of tritiated gentamicin (GM) was determined in rat by combined
immunofluorescence and section freeze-dry autoradiography, techniques that permit …

… WEDEEN RP: Poison in the Pot: The Legacy of Lead. Carbondale and Edwardsville,
Illinois; Southern Illinois University Press, 1984 4. BATUMAN V, MAEsAKA JK, HADDAD B, …

Occupational renal diseases provide models for understanding environmental renal
diseases. Kidney damage in a few workers induced by heavy exposure to identifiable toxins …